I've visited a number of large cities in the US and I've never seen homeless asian bums standing on street corners panhandling. There are no asian hippies either for that matter...

What gives?

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Mebe homeless people are so covered in layers of clothing, and a layer of dirt, that you can't tell unless you really pay attention to them. My limited experience would suggest that the average tax paying citizen avoids looking/studying too closely.

Asians have a work ethic. Caucasians have the lazy gene and it gets the better of some of us.

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This is true. They are the hardest working folk I have seen. They also have large, tight family groups that take good care of their own. They will shell out $$ to take care of the group before buying an Xbox or a SUV.

looks like we need some affirmative action to keep it on even keel.
ya know, swap out some sharp engineering students.

does it seem to anyone else that on the societal continuum that asians are at worst gang-banger wanna-be's who heavily mod their 4-cyl cars? they have some serious work to do if they want to get down here w/ the true dregs of american society.

This is true. They are the hardest working folk I have seen. They also have large, tight family groups that take good care of their own. They will shell out $$ to take care of the group before buying an Xbox or a SUV.

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RM beat me to it. I was also going to say that perhaps you don't see any Asian bums is possibly because of their tight familial groups and work ethic. I have had many asian friends of over the years and I have always noticed how close they are and that the younger folks really do seem to have respect for their elders. Very refreshing.

As a Chinese who has lived around the country, you don't see many Asian bums because there are not many Asians living around the country. Most communities have a very small percentage, although we tend to be very visible for the usual reasons.

In SF, I see a few Asians bumming around. But even in NY, until the last few years, I did not see alot of Asians period, at least compared to SF.

Yeah but those guys are Japanese. and EVERYONE knows the Japanese are a biit loopy neaky: Plus I know they're Japanese cuz I'm Chinese and there ain't a snowflake's chance in hell that I can grow facial hair like that.

I've visited a number of large cities in the US and I've never seen homeless asian bums standing on street corners panhandling. There are no asian hippies either for that matter...

What gives?

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Well alot of Chiness and Japs who come here come with ALOT of money. They're also very hard workers. I think there is something about taking care of family members that is more important to them than most ppl. That way if someone is in trouble in a family the whole family will help out. Maybe....